Reservoir · Georgia · United States · USACE CWMS
Buford Dam and Lake Lanier
86.6% full
Capacity
2,364.58 hm³
Volume stored
2048 hm³
Vs month average
98% of normal
Coordinates
34.160°N, 84.073°W
Last updated
2026-10-29
Current fill
86.6%vs 7 days ago
-0.6 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
98%of normal
86.6% full on 2026-10-29, against an average of 88.7% for October across 2 years of readings (-2.1 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 27 October 2026
D0abnormally dry
The ground at Buford Dam and Lake Lanier's coordinates falls inside the D0 area of the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map. That describes local conditions — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not the reservoir's storage. Georgia drought figures →
Data source: USACE CWMS — US Army Corps of Engineers — daily reservoir storage volume. Capacity is the design (normal full-pool) capacity from the US National Inventory of Dams (NID); fill % = current volume ÷ design capacity. Last reading: 2026-10-29.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 34.160°N, 84.073°W · Open in Google Maps
About Buford Dam and Lake Lanier
As of October 29, 2026, Buford Dam and Lake Lanier is filled to 86.6% of its total capacity, holding 2,048 hm³ of water out of a maximum 2,365 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.6 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Buford Dam and Lake Lanier — 100 data points between October 30, 2021 and October 29, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 86.6% (October 29, 2026) to a high of 101.6% (October 30, 2021).
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 34.160°N, 84.073°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 86.6% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 2,048 hm³
- Total capacity
- 2,365 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.6 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 34.160°N, 84.073°W
- Last updated
- October 29, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2026 | 86.6% | 2,048 |
| 28 Oct 2026 | 86.7% | 2,050 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 86.8% | 2,051 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 86.8% | 2,053 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 86.9% | 2,055 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 87.1% | 2,059 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 87.1% | 2,060 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 87.2% | 2,062 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 87.3% | 2,065 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 87.5% | 2,069 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 87.5% | 2,070 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 87.6% | 2,072 |